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robert gibbs, i want to get you on the record on this. what specifically does the president have to do better in the next debate? >> well, look, i think you're going to see a very engaged president that is, ready and willing to call out whichever mitt romney shows up. >> i'm not going to take away from mitt's mastderful performan performance, he did everything but learn tap dancing. >> one of the things we're measuring, waiting for polls to reflect the debate. what you're seeing inside the numbers about enthusiasm and it's significant. >> this was before the debate. our nbc/"wall street journal" poll. we had a likely voter model that had the president only up three at the time, 49-46. the question is why, what is going on that has republicans doing better and becoming more likely voters? it's simply an enthusiasm gap that we're see being across the board. >> 79% of republicans call themselves extremely interested in this election on a scale of 1-10, that meanser that a 9 or a 10 on interest in the election, 73% are democrats. four years a
robert gibbs, i want to get you on the record on this. what specifically does the president have to do better in the next debate? >> well, look, i think you're going to see a very engaged president that is, ready and willing to call out whichever mitt romney shows up. >> i'm not going to take away from mitt's mastderful performan performance, he did everything but learn tap dancing. >> one of the things we're measuring, waiting for polls to reflect the debate. what you're...
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you heard robert gibbs about the libya situation. your take on the administration, and how that is going and will you jump on that? >> well, with all due respect to robert i don't think he was being honest with you. i think what we're seeing is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy. overseas we have people attac attacking our embassy. the muslim brotherhood has come power in egypt. our friends in israel have been set adrift. we have serious problems. the obama response to these events raised more questions. governor romney believes in a strong foreign policy and why you fight so hard to reverse cut to defense budget which are due to take place under this president in the new year. >> bret: foreign policy, different debate. probably not tonight. eric, thank you so much for the time. >> thank you. >> bret: okay. don't forget tonight's text to vote question. what is most memorable debate moment? we have four to choose from. text sr1 to 36288 for ronald reagan to president carter in 1980. there you go again. about the democratic cho
you heard robert gibbs about the libya situation. your take on the administration, and how that is going and will you jump on that? >> well, with all due respect to robert i don't think he was being honest with you. i think what we're seeing is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy. overseas we have people attac attacking our embassy. the muslim brotherhood has come power in egypt. our friends in israel have been set adrift. we have serious problems. the obama response to these...
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welcome to the spin room advisor senior advisor robert gibbs. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: what is the president's strategy tonight? >> you will hear the president tonight give a passive energetic vigorouser if formenace and talk a lot -- performance and talk about the next four years, what we have to do to continue to move the economy forward and strengthen the middle class and provide real opportunity. that's his big goal. talk about the increasing manufacturing jobs, for the first time since the mid-1990s. bringing it back from overseas, doubling export and selling goods abroad. hiring teachers to strengthen education. invest in domestic energy. whole host of things focus on how we strengthen and rebuild the middle class. >> bret: more energetic than the first time. >> absolutely. >> bret: serious note here. benghazi situation is getting a lot of coverage. it's getting a lot of focus. secretary of state clinton says the buck stops with her. when it comes to the security situation before the attack, but when i
welcome to the spin room advisor senior advisor robert gibbs. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: what is the president's strategy tonight? >> you will hear the president tonight give a passive energetic vigorouser if formenace and talk a lot -- performance and talk about the next four years, what we have to do to continue to move the economy forward and strengthen the middle class and provide real opportunity. that's his big goal. talk about the...
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senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i think that was quite an intro. i do think you make a series of great points. we forget that before barack obama ever walked into the oval office, president bush had spent a trillion dollars that year. they want to blame -- it's funny. you listen to them talk about it and you forget that that was all under their watch. and so many of the policies that we're trying to unwind right now, we ended the war in afghanistan. we had to put more troops in afghanistan, now we're in the process of bringing more troops home. the bush tax cuts a lot of things that we're having to continue to pay for that are really the result of horrible economic and policy decisions made four or eight years ago. >> why does mitt romney get credit for being the guy handling the deficit. i get the mathematical point the president was trying to make. no way to account for it. that's a ton of red ink. i get the math. nobody
senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i think that was quite an intro. i do think you make a series of great points. we forget that before barack obama ever walked into the oval office, president bush had spent a trillion dollars that year. they want to blame -- it's funny. you listen to them talk about it and you forget that that was all under their watch. and so many of the policies that...
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robert gibbs, how do you see this shaping up? are we going to see biden overcompensating, being more aggressive than he might have otherwise? >> i don't think that vice president biden will overcompensate. the question is which paul ryan do we get? do we get this same sort of, you know, chameleon we saw in mitt romney who literally walks away from virtually everything that his campaigned on for two years in the space of less than two hours. i know that vice president biden is anxious and ready to do this and the president is anxious to get back to it as well. >> how do you size it up? >> i think ryan is one of the brightest people in congress. i think he knows an immense amount of facts. but i suspect he's going to be respectful of biden. i mean, there's a generational difference here that i think will lead ryan to not give an inch, but to not be very hostile. >> i was just going to say history shows when there's an age difference, the elder statesman wins the vice presidential debates. cheney and edwards. cheney was able to almo
robert gibbs, how do you see this shaping up? are we going to see biden overcompensating, being more aggressive than he might have otherwise? >> i don't think that vice president biden will overcompensate. the question is which paul ryan do we get? do we get this same sort of, you know, chameleon we saw in mitt romney who literally walks away from virtually everything that his campaigned on for two years in the space of less than two hours. i know that vice president biden is anxious and...
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we've got the obama campaign's robert gibbs standing by. this is msnbc's live coverage of the second presidential debate. stay with us. >>> are you better off than you were four years ago? welcome aboard! [ chuckles ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you'll know when to stop. [ honk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ >>> if you had to choose, you would of course rather be the guy who won rather than be the guy who lost a high-stakes debate. but there is oneti teeny, teeny tiny benefit for the guy who lost as he is now heading into the rematch. and that is, ahh, reduced expectations. this is the pew poll on who people expected to win before the first debate. it was very obviously, very lopsided for president obama. but now, that second set of columns there, that is who people expect to win the second debate tonight. the president is still favored, but only by four points rather than by 22 points. of co
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gibbs for barack obama and, robert, let me begin with you. how much difference did governor romney make wednesday night. >> look, i think governor romney had a master theatrical performance just this past week but the underpinnings and foundation of that performance were fundamentally dishonest. look, he walked away from the central tenet of his economic theory by saying he had no idea what the president was talking about. ten minutes after the debate even his own staff is walking back his answers on health care and pre-existing conditions so, look, i don't want to take anything away from what i think was a masterful, masterful performance by governor romney but i don't think governor romney's positions have changed and i don't think fundamentally the campaign changed. >> what happened to the president wednesday night? you've seen all the reviews and i'm sure the president has seen the reviews, as well. "new yorker" cover there, shows the empty podium next to mitt romney. the basic line is the president didn't show up on wednesday night. i ju
gibbs for barack obama and, robert, let me begin with you. how much difference did governor romney make wednesday night. >> look, i think governor romney had a master theatrical performance just this past week but the underpinnings and foundation of that performance were fundamentally dishonest. look, he walked away from the central tenet of his economic theory by saying he had no idea what the president was talking about. ten minutes after the debate even his own staff is walking back...
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first off, you want to talk about what robert gibbs was just talking about. the president weighing in on his stance with libya. >> i think y'all were exactly right. the president never answered the question. the voter asked the president was it true they asked for additional security resources and denied? the president got it wrong. listen to this administration three different stories. first, they said it was a protest against the video. for several days you had ambassador rice, jay carney and others say it was not a premeditated terrorist attack. then later they changed their story and said it was the video and spontaneous terrorist attack. then finally the third story that came out was it was a premeditated terrorist attack, no protest on the video. here is what's really galling. not only do we need the real information for the american people, we need to make sure this doesn't happen again and need to hunt down the perpetrators. >> brian: you feel like many republicans, that the governor had a chance to really knock it out of the park there and didn't, to
first off, you want to talk about what robert gibbs was just talking about. the president weighing in on his stance with libya. >> i think y'all were exactly right. the president never answered the question. the voter asked the president was it true they asked for additional security resources and denied? the president got it wrong. listen to this administration three different stories. first, they said it was a protest against the video. for several days you had ambassador rice, jay...
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robert gibbs is here tonight to respond. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> you can use your charitable deduction or home mortgage deduction and can fill a that bucket, if you will. >> mitt romney breaks out the golden bucket to save his budget. tonight, obama campaign's senior adviser on mitt romney's fuzzy math. >>> devastating new poll numbers show mitt romney's secret video is crushing his campaign. >> i'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility. >> richard wolffe on how aggressive the president needs e to be on the 47% tape. >>> mitt romney's billionaire base is starting to lose their cool. >> we need leadership, not criticism. we need encouragement, not discouragement. >> e.j. deon on why billionaires who do so well under obama can't stand the president. >>> and democrats with a victory for voters in pennsylvania, but republican voter fraud is getting swept under the rug here in colorado. tonight the latest on the rnc's voter fraud scandal. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. we're coming to yo
robert gibbs is here tonight to respond. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> you can use your charitable deduction or home mortgage deduction and can fill a that bucket, if you will. >> mitt romney breaks out the golden bucket to save his budget. tonight, obama campaign's senior adviser on mitt romney's fuzzy math. >>> devastating new poll numbers show mitt romney's secret video is crushing his campaign. >> i'll never convince them they should...
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and that's a very sobering number. >> robert gibbs, it is particularly weak. you have 40% of those who have been out of work, out of work for six months or longer. this is a weak economic recovery. >> it's a stronger economic recovery in terms of jobs produced than we saw out of the 2001 recession. and the important thing, david, is we continue to make progress. 31 consecutive months now of private sector job growth. certainly we are not where we want to be. it has taken us as you saw from that graphic four years to dig out of this enormous hole that we were in. and the question going forward is, how are we going to rebuild that economy from the middle out? how are we going to make sure that folks have hope and opportunity, a good education? we bring back some of the manufacturing jobs and continue on this path to progress. >> there is a reality that on the campaign stump, mitt romney has been denied a line that he's been relying on when it comes to 8% unemployment, which was a significant marker. this is how he's been talking about it this fall. >> we've had
and that's a very sobering number. >> robert gibbs, it is particularly weak. you have 40% of those who have been out of work, out of work for six months or longer. this is a weak economic recovery. >> it's a stronger economic recovery in terms of jobs produced than we saw out of the 2001 recession. and the important thing, david, is we continue to make progress. 31 consecutive months now of private sector job growth. certainly we are not where we want to be. it has taken us as you...
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i am not sure either of those are true. >> fox and friends will be joined by robert gibbs at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning with more reaction for you. now to other highlights. in the debate they were both very aggressive and tins hitting each other hard on the issues. listen. >> think about what the governor just said. he said when i took office the price of gasoline auz 1.80, 1.86. why is that? because the economy was on the verge of collapse. we were about to go through the worst recession since the great depression. as a consequence some of the same policies governor romney is promoting. >> why am i raising taxes on the middle class? under the four years they have been buried. i want to help the middle class. ly not reduce the share that is being paid by the highest income taxpayers. i will not under any circumstances increase taxes on the middle class. >> i will believer what he said behind closed doors that 47 percent of the country considered themselves victims, who refuse personal responsibility. think about who he was talking about. folks on social security who worked all the
i am not sure either of those are true. >> fox and friends will be joined by robert gibbs at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning with more reaction for you. now to other highlights. in the debate they were both very aggressive and tins hitting each other hard on the issues. listen. >> think about what the governor just said. he said when i took office the price of gasoline auz 1.80, 1.86. why is that? because the economy was on the verge of collapse. we were about to go through the worst...
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my next guest is here with me and feels just like robert gibbs. governor, he got him off the mat and now what? >> he did a good job. he defined the failure of the obama administration. neil: he was the same as two weeks ago. >> tonight obama's showed up neil: other news organizations say this because he was engaged? >> a fact he was so bad last time means he did not have to do much to do better. neil: he was more in-your-face. >> i think that is rude. it was an odd debate. i thought the moderator had done a terrible job. she was dead wrong. neil: all governor romney's said is it took the president to weeks and using the word is not the same thing. for her to defend the president looked like the pylon. >> she cut off from the and shortchanged him on time and what was expected the equal number of presentations. neil: i thought if i just defended -- embarrassed by eight -- myself i will defend aramark from romney. >> she probably never noticed. neil: you may be right. how does this resonate? >> the romney campaign has to do with it and define it clea
my next guest is here with me and feels just like robert gibbs. governor, he got him off the mat and now what? >> he did a good job. he defined the failure of the obama administration. neil: he was the same as two weeks ago. >> tonight obama's showed up neil: other news organizations say this because he was engaged? >> a fact he was so bad last time means he did not have to do much to do better. neil: he was more in-your-face. >> i think that is rude. it was an odd...
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first, here is the campaign adviser, robert gibbs. >> it takes a long time to dig out of this avalanche of bad decisions that were before the obama presidency, one thing we see is clear, mitt romney's plan is to go back to a failed economic theory of tax cuts for the rich, despite the fact he deny attend tax cuts, and the math. and let's go to war with sesame street but give wall street a big, wet, kiss, that is call what got us into this mess, we spent four years digging out of it. >>> meanwhile, gingrich saying the numbers were good for the president, but the overall picture is still gloomy. >> i think it was a significant help to the president. imagine coming out at 8.2 following the debate, i mean people would have entered the week saying it is close to the end. so it is part of the whole process, the campaign will go down to the end. it will be one of the most interesting campaigns in american history, i think you will see it go back and forth somewhat. on friday, the imf said probably no recovery until 2018. >> more reaction from them on the president's debate in just a moment. bu
first, here is the campaign adviser, robert gibbs. >> it takes a long time to dig out of this avalanche of bad decisions that were before the obama presidency, one thing we see is clear, mitt romney's plan is to go back to a failed economic theory of tax cuts for the rich, despite the fact he deny attend tax cuts, and the math. and let's go to war with sesame street but give wall street a big, wet, kiss, that is call what got us into this mess, we spent four years digging out of it....
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thank you, robert gibbs and also alex up in new york. this is "hardball," the place for politics live from boca raton, the place for the final presidential debate. no, no, no, stop! humans -- one day, we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility -- what's your policy? to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> welcome back to "hard
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gibbs and rahm emanuel expanding upon this line. the president also believes that. rather than. looking backward and charting this backward that it's important to move our country this is not a time for retribution and time for reflection and it's not a time to use our energy and our time in looking back and in a sense of anger and retribution and of course there are other people to repeat this talking point robbie i mean here's rahm emanuel said it's not a time for retribution it's a time for reflection and what do you really do what does that mean what did not prosecuting the bush administration really mean. it would have meant is it essentially normalized the bush policy that everybody was so devastated. i mean the true. sure is not being investigated which is actually against a bill that reagan signed into law. the treaty against torture which actually makes it a crime to not investigate torture and if the administration or probe on the earth gives you no or any of these people never went on record saying that they thought water
gibbs and rahm emanuel expanding upon this line. the president also believes that. rather than. looking backward and charting this backward that it's important to move our country this is not a time for retribution and time for reflection and it's not a time to use our energy and our time in looking back and in a sense of anger and retribution and of course there are other people to repeat this talking point robbie i mean here's rahm emanuel said it's not a time for retribution it's a time for...
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robert gibbs is senior adviser for the obama campaign. robert, clearly a different president last night versus the first debate. why? >> wheaties? no, i honestly don't know. whatever he ordered for dinner, i want two for florida. he was commanding, energetic, passionate. >> everything he wasn't at the first debate? >> absolutely. and i think he laid out a strong case for what we've done over the past four years to rectify the economic calamity that we inherited. >> you know, that seemed to be if there was a moment, yes, he seemed to change his tone, assertive, much more commanding on stage but did he answer the question of what he's going to do in the next four years? he seemed to answer the question that he wanted another term but how is that he laid out a second term agenda? i missed it. >> i think in several of the answers to questions. how do we bring more of our jobs that have left this country back into this country, bring them back overseas, deal with tax cuts that ship those jobs overseas as well. build more products here and send
robert gibbs is senior adviser for the obama campaign. robert, clearly a different president last night versus the first debate. why? >> wheaties? no, i honestly don't know. whatever he ordered for dinner, i want two for florida. he was commanding, energetic, passionate. >> everything he wasn't at the first debate? >> absolutely. and i think he laid out a strong case for what we've done over the past four years to rectify the economic calamity that we inherited. >> you...
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robs robert gibbs, senior adviser for the obama campaign. thank you for being here. >>> making the rounds, candidates are putting their spin on the debates. joe biden was -- paul ryan was talking to the "today" show. here is what he said. >> he didn't offer any new idea about how the next four years would be any different than the last four years. >> and the thing that amazed me the most was even after three debates, his two and my won, there still is not a single specific in the romney $5 trillion tax plan. there is -- i mean, everything is -- everything is sketchy. >> that's interesting to use the word sketchy, which is a repeat of the word that the president used last night, sketchy. >>> other stories making news, believe it or not, that don't involve last night's debate, john berman has a look at that. and also breaking news. >> we do. >>> big news about lance armstrong. he is stepping down as chairman of his live strong charity. legendary cyclist, embroiled in a doping scandal. and last week a scathing report was row lease d, accusing h
robs robert gibbs, senior adviser for the obama campaign. thank you for being here. >>> making the rounds, candidates are putting their spin on the debates. joe biden was -- paul ryan was talking to the "today" show. here is what he said. >> he didn't offer any new idea about how the next four years would be any different than the last four years. >> and the thing that amazed me the most was even after three debates, his two and my won, there still is not a single...
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he's with robert gibbs. hi, lawrence. >> thanks, rachel. robert, how about of debate prep was spent showing the president how you can take any foreign policy question and turn it back to jobs and domestic policy? >> i think you have a good point. energy independence is a domestic issue and a foreign policy issue. sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going to deal with esoteric policies or countries around the world has to understand that these are issues that the american people and communities live and breathe every day. >> let's go to the chinese currency issue that mitt romney has made one of those day one items. is the president going to be able to teach a little class on how that works tonight or is that something you just want to get away from and get over somewhere else since people won't understand it? >> people need to understand that this president has fought to get the chinese to do the right thing. they
he's with robert gibbs. hi, lawrence. >> thanks, rachel. robert, how about of debate prep was spent showing the president how you can take any foreign policy question and turn it back to jobs and domestic policy? >> i think you have a good point. energy independence is a domestic issue and a foreign policy issue. sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going...
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joining me from denver, with an insider's perspective, the president's debate preparations, robert gibbs, senior adviser to the obama campaign and the president's former press secretary. you have been there, done that. you know this president. you know him as a candidate. what is going on behind the scenes today? >> well look, i know they're doing, you know, they're doing some prep, some mock debates, obviously, you know, the president's got a very busy day job that's taking him away from time to do this sort of thing and quite frankly it's been four years, you know, since he's been in this arena. so i know he's anxious and excited to get in front of the american people and talk specifics about the issues, to talk about how we continue to build this economy and strengthen it going forward over the course of the next four years. >> and in terms of the defense that he has to play, the romney team are attacking him for not creating a budget, in three years, of course the argument the counter argument would be the republicans for three out of the four years were in charge and -- at least one
joining me from denver, with an insider's perspective, the president's debate preparations, robert gibbs, senior adviser to the obama campaign and the president's former press secretary. you have been there, done that. you know this president. you know him as a candidate. what is going on behind the scenes today? >> well look, i know they're doing, you know, they're doing some prep, some mock debates, obviously, you know, the president's got a very busy day job that's taking him away from...
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robert gibbs. >> thanks for having me. >> and what is mitt romney's battle plan for tonight? coming up romney senior adviser joins us next right here. still ahead, nbc's tom brokaw, new york magazine's john heilemann, strategist bob sh rum, michael gerson. this is andrea mitchell reports live at hofstra university, debate night only on msnbc. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing. ♪ zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary c
robert gibbs. >> thanks for having me. >> and what is mitt romney's battle plan for tonight? coming up romney senior adviser joins us next right here. still ahead, nbc's tom brokaw, new york magazine's john heilemann, strategist bob sh rum, michael gerson. this is andrea mitchell reports live at hofstra university, debate night only on msnbc. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have...